Swedish Salmon

Swedish Salmon
I got this recipe from my wonderful sister Sandy. She went to Sweden to visit our brother Gregg. She and Gregg were invited to dinner at Gregg’s neighbors house and she made this salmon recipe. It has no title that I’m aware of and (of course) I forgot to take a picture because I was […]

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Risotto with Pan-Seared Salmon & Swordfish

Risotto with Pan-Seared Salmon & Swordfish
RISOTTO WITH PAN-SEARED SALMON & SWORDFISH In my first post of the New Year I said that I was going to begin taking my own photos of my dishes and post them on a regular (yes regular) basis. I think an achievable goal might be one really good post per week. So for dinner tonight […]

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Nan’s Spinach Tagliatelle with roasted tomatoes, mushrooms & onions

Nan’s Spinach Tagliatelle with roasted tomatoes, mushrooms & onions
Home alone tonight and totally starving after a long and beautiful day of yard work and magazines. Watched KERA cooking shows and got all inspired. So I created — Spinach Tagliatelle with Roasted Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Onion This recipe is for one single serving…the Home Alone size : ) Roasted tomatoes (homemade-recipe below) Olive Oil.

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Swordfish Steak Caponata

Swordfish Steak Caponata
Tonight I made up a new recipe. We always love our swordfish steaks with olive oil, feta and greek olives but I decided to try something new. I had a jar of Alessi Eggplant Appetizer (Sicilian Caponata) that you get at Central Market, and so I just covered the swordfish steaks with some extra virgin […]

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Pan-seared scallops with Hatch green chili cheese grits

Pan-seared scallops with Hatch green chili cheese grits
I’ve been crazy about Hatch Chili’s since the first time I had them at Central Market in Fort Worth. You buy them roasted or you can roast them at home. I buy them pre-roasted just to save some time. Plus when you do that, you can buy a nice big tub of them in oil, […]

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Meatloaf for Mikey

Meatloaf for Mikey
Michael leaves for the University of Oklahoma on Thursday so tonight I made his going away meatloaf. Photo really does it no credit. It’s the finest of all loaves…as Ed says. Nan’s Meatloaf (originally taken from the Oster Blender cookbook-no kidding) 2 lbs lean ground beef1 1/2 cups italian style bread crumbs mix these 2 […]

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Sugary Spam

Sugary Spam
In Honor of My Son Kevin Kevin’s been in Utah working on getting his life in order at a wilderness program there, and when we went to visit last week, he said that he’d learned a few great recipes. I told him I’d post this to my blog and I’m not sure he believed me. […]

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Homemade Granola by Georgia O’Keeffe

Homemade Granola by Georgia O’Keeffe
This is Georgia O’Keefe’s original granola recipe. I got it from “A Painter’s Kitchen” – Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe. I got the cookbook while on vacation in Santa Fe quite a few years ago. I think this is the only recipe I’ve ever made out of the book. It’s just delicious and.

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Vegas Uncork’d 2009

Vegas Uncork’d 2009
How do I begin to tell you how fabulous the Vegas Uncorked event was? With photos I guess….just scroll down and see all the great chefs we got to meet – not to mention seeing Barbara Fairchild, editor-in-chief of Bon Apetite. Biggest thrill of all was standing next to Daniel Boulud and Hubert Keller. It […]

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Salmon Burgers with Michael & Sarah

Salmon Burgers with Michael & Sarah
Today we’re having some fun…Yesterday I watched More Fast Food My Way with Jacques Pepin on PBS with Michael and Sarah (my son and his girlfriend). It was a great fun menu, so we decided to make it ourselves today. So tonight, we’re making Salmon Burgers, Tibetan Bread and Caesar Salad (which is actually Martha […]

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